Using minimum XML files
A minimum XML file is a generated configuration XML file that contains the minimum data required to make the connection to the Repository. The rest of the configuration data for the session is read from the Repository when the session starts.
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To generate these minimum XML files, select the Minimum XML toggle box in the Generate Configuration File tool. For more information, see the "Generating the configuration file" section. |
By requiring the session to get most of its configuration data from a secure Repository, unauthorized users cannot easily start up and gain access to or make unauthorized modifications to the session by modifying the configuration file alone. Note that generating a minimum XML file requires the session data to be configured so it can be retrieved from the Repository. In other words, you must configure each of the session types that have a minimum XML file using one of the following configuration settings:
Specifying a minimum XML file significantly reduces the amount of information that is written to a generated configuration XML file. The information generated to a minimum XML file includes:
- Session properties — A list of essential session properties that is hard-coded into the configuration file generation procedure.
- Required managers — Only those managers where the Write to config toggle box in the Manager Type Control window has been selected.
- Session services — Only those services where the Write to config toggle box in the Logical Service Control window has been selected.
The default session types installed with Progress Dynamics only generate a manager entry for the Connection Manager and only generate services for ICFDB and Astra.
For more information on specifying and configuring sessions types to use minimum XML files, see the session management white papers posted on the following PSDN Web site: